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The Art of Progressive Sequencing Intensive
with Betsey Downing, Ph. D.
There are 3 Progressive Sequencing Intensives in 2012: 5 days in Mexico June 27-July 1; 5 days in Michigan August 17-21; and one day, Wednesday, August 1, as part of Todd Norian's Advanced Teacher Training Program in the Berkshires, MA.
PROGRESSIVE TEACHING INTENSIVE
The art of progressive teaching is one of the most empowering skills you can cultivate as a yoga teacher. To understand how to break poses down into their component parts, and teach the skills necessary to master those parts systematically over time can take you and your students to places you previously thought impossible! This workshop will focus on how to establish a solid foundation of progressive teaching skills to challenge your students safely and appropriately.
In this workshop you will learn to:
- Analyze poses systematically
- Develop logical lessons plans toward specific pinnacle poses
- Empower your experienced students with progressive teaching
- Develop a theme and tie it into your teaching
Progressive teaching is a hallmark of Betsey's teaching style. With over 30 years of experience in yoga, she has taught thousands of students and teachers in the techniques of progressive teaching. Each day will begin with a structured progressive practice focused on a specific category of poses (standing poses, twists, forward bends, back bends, and inversions) moving to a pinnacle pose. The afternoons will be devoted to analysis of various progressions toward pinnacle poses with structured exercises to take into your teaching. Participants will develop a progressive series of poses in the various categories to take back to their students.
Anusara Yoga, Flowing with Grace, is a sophisticated, elegant, heart-oriented system of yoga based on sound biomechanics and life-celebrating Tantric philosophy. It weaves together all aspects of yoga into a unified whole that celebrates the heart and honors the body. Developed by John Friend, Anusara Yoga emphasizes Universal Principles of Alignment to ensure safety in the poses and to create balance in the body and mind.
"I feel comfortable with where I'm going when I have my theme, pinnacle pose, and heart quality ... I wanted you to know that 3 months down the road I continue to reap the benefits of your teaching. "
"You teach from the heart and have so much to give. It is nice that you appreciate how we new Anusara teachers can only absorb and apply so much at a time. On the same hand you know when to give more. The last session on Saturday morning was brilliant ... I had a lot of opening in my hips and groins and got further than I ever have in my back bends."
"Am seeing a shift in my teaching - feels like a more settled quality - more easeful. I am enjoying the teaching even more."
-QUOTES FROM PARTICIPANT EVALUATIONS |
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“I want to also take this opportunity to express enormous gratitude for the Progressive Teacher Training itself and all of the materials that you were so generous to share with us. It is making a huge difference in my teaching. I get more excited now about planning my classes because I have this structure that helps me to stay organized and on task! My students are enjoying the flow and focus of the classes much more since I took the training. So thank you
so much!”
-Kara Schmidt, Owner,
Spacious Heart Yoga Center,
Goshen, Indiana |
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